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Friday, February 19, 2010

The Shutterbug Eye - Updates and changes

So I felt it time to do an update on my shops and plans for The Shutterbug Eye.

I had the fun experience last weekend of being the Artfire Crazy Train rider. While on Artfire as a verified, or pro, member I have listed well over 200 photo items, promoted myself and others and yet I feel like I have created largely a gallery. My few sales have been mainly to friends, my page hits are not where I'd like them to be dispite trying to write good titles and such.

I am moving in the following directions:

Getting all of my best pieces categorized in galleries on my website.

Listing my favorite pieces on Etsy to maintain a limited best of selection there.

I plan to purchase a pro member on Flickr which is only $24 per year and put all my best pieces by category there.

I will continue to feature other artists on My Handmade Site though may change how I do things slightly

I will continue with my photo blog The Shutterbug Eye

I hope that limiting my focus, as I was trying to manage Artfire, Etsy and 1000 Markets, will make life less stressful, help me enjoy the process again and hopefully be successful. I will not shut any store, I simply do not plan to manage them anymore.

I don't get anything done without some plan, it doesn't have to be super ornate. I work full time out of the home, have a kid that's turning 10 tomorrow. Right now I am spending 95% of my free time studying for a big exam for work. If I have no plan, none of this photo stuff would happen. :-)